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The Queer, the Quaint and the Quizzical

by Frank H. Stauffer

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Wierix’s Bible

The edition of this Bible contains a plate by John Wierix, representing the feast of Dives, with Lazarus at his door. In the rich man’s banqueting room there is a dwarf playing with a monkey, to contribute to the merriment of the company, according to the custom among people of rank in the sixteenth century.

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